Chapter 26 Lesson 3: Living through the Depression

Who was FDR's Secretary of Labor? (hint: first woman to ever serve in a presidential Cabinet)

• Mary McLeod Bethune

• Eleanor Roosevelt

• Frances Perkins

• Marion Anderson

Approximately how many African Americans migrated to northern cities in the 1930s?

• 4 million

• 4,000

• 40,000

• 400,000

What radical political group won support with their promises of ending racial and economic injustices.

• Fascists

• Communists

• Socialists

• Democrats

During the 1930s, __________ often offered a form of escapism from worries during the Great Depression.

• movies

• fireside chats

• paintings

• books

Which US region suffered an environmental disaster and became known as the Dust Bowl?

• New England

• Great Plains

• Southwest

• West Coast

Traditional Native American tribal governments were restored with which of the following acts?

• Native American Act

• Indian New Deal Act

• Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

• Indian Removal Act

Farmers who moved from place to place to harvest fruits and vegetables became known as which of the following?

• migrant workers

• nomads

• Dust Bowl workers

• sharecroppers

Who wrote the novel The Grapes of Wrath about a family fleeing the Dust Bowl?

• Margaret Mitchell

• Richard Wright

• John Steinbeck

• Dorothea Lange

By 1930 about 80 million people per week took part in which form of Depression-era entertainment?

• movies

• painting

• reading

• radio

During the Depression, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) worked to _____.

• get jobs for African Americans

• involve African Americans in politics

• fight discrimination in the labor movement

• prevent people from losing their jobs